GMDC Announces Top Products, Donation to Harbor House of Central Florida at Health Beauty Wellness Conference

October 2, 2018

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Leading retail industry trade association Global Market Development Center (GMDC) recently announced the top products showcased at its 2018 Health Beauty Wellness Conference (HBW18). The event brought together more than 200 retailers, wholesalers, suppliers and service companies in Orlando, Fla., from Sept. 13-17, 2018.

More than 100 innovative products and merchandising solutions were displayed at the conference’s Product Showcase, with retail and wholesale representatives scanning the entries they believe will have the most momentum in the marketplace. The 10 top-ranking HBW18 Product Showcase brands/products include:

Global Beauty Care – Skin care products that use the most advanced technology with quality ingredients to formulate a full line of innovative beauty products.

Australian Gold – Mineral and natural sun care products are free of chemicals and animal testing.

Sheffield Pharmaceuticals – a Connecticut-based manufacturer and supplier of store brand over-the-counter products to the largest retailers and drug store chains in the U.S. Its Dr. Sheffield’s Natural Toothpaste brand comes with an interactive, education-augmented reality app that brings its packaging to life.

Following the close of the conference’s Product Showcase, GMDC members donated products to Harbor House of Central Florida. GMDC makes it a prioritized practice to invest in a local charity in every city that welcomes its conferences. This year, both the General Merchandise and Health Beauty Wellness conferences were held in Orlando, Fla., where GMDC partnered with the organization working to prevent and eliminate domestic abuse in Central Florida.

“Our members generously donated nutrition, hygiene, pain relief, vitamin and supplement products, which will greatly help the nearly 150 women and children who find sanctuary in Harbor House of Central Florida every night,” said Patrick Spear, president and CEO of GMDC. “We’re thrilled with the success of our conference, which helped to establish and grow trading partner relationships and enhance the path to new health, beauty and wellness product discovery for retailers.”

For a comprehensive overview of GMDC’s HBW18 Conference, see the event’s digital magazine, Innovations. GMDC’s next event focused on Health & Wellness is an immersion hosted by Retail Tomorrow in Toronto, Canada, taking place Oct. 2-5, 2018, to establish and grow trading partner relationships and enhance the path to new product discovery for retailers.